Neighborhood Profiles
On this web site, you'll find data on D.C. neighborhoods — population, race and ethnicity, income, poverty, employment, education, public assistance, single-parent families, low weight and teen births, income, housing, crime and more.
First, choose a geography within the District...
The District can be organized into many different geographies and, depending on the work you do, you'll want to look at data for different areas within the city. Here are the geographic areas for which we provide data on this web site:
- City summary A summary profile for the entire city of Washington, D.C.
- Council Wards The 8 Council Wards are political areas used to elect members of the City Council.
- Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) The 37 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) are subdivisions of the District's Wards. Representatives from ANCs are elected to advise the District government on issues relating to zoning, social service programs, health, police protection, sanitation, and recreation.
- Neighborhood Clusters There are 39 neighborhood clusters throughout the city, each made up of three to five neighborhoods. Neighborhood clusters are being used by the D.C. government for budgeting, planning, service delivery, and analysis purposes.
- Police Service Areas (PSAs) These 45 Police Service Areas are the way the Police Department currently organizes its services within the city.
- ZIP Codes ZIP Codes are used to facilitate the delivery of mail. We have provided data profiles on the 28 major ZIP codes in the city.
- Census Tracts There are 188 census tracts in the District. Census tracts are small geographic areas defined for collecting and reporting data from the U.S. Census.
You may want to compare data across different areas. In that case, check out the comparison tables.
For information about the data, visit our sources and notes page.
All profiles updated as of January 21, 2009.